LEWISTON – Denny Breau’s dazzlingly clear style allows him to do amazing things with a six-string guitar.His lightning fast guitar lines are balanced with those that have a quiet intimacy and wrap tenderly around his carefully crafted songs.He mixes genres with ease – folk, Delta blues, country and jazz and often demonstrates the guitar style […]

LEWISTON – Friday, Jan. 30, the alt-country band Gunther Brown of Portland will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries.According to musician Travis James Humphrey, “Gunther Brown feels like a good punk band that discovered Hank Williams and comfortably evolved into an alt-country band.” Making up the group are John V. Boyle, Pete Dubuc, Ethan Gamage […]

LEWISTON – “Collected Stories” at The Public Theatre is likely to be one of the most memorable plays yet presented there.From word one, the audience hangs on every bit of dialogue in this precisely crafted play by Donald Margulies. Its subject is privacy and whether a writer has the right to tell all. It’s a […]

The Broad Street Acoustic Trio, best known for playing cover tunes from the 1960s through the 1980s, will play at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Holly’s Own Deli & Restaurant in Auburn. The husband-and-wife team of vocalist Celeste Onofrio and guitarist Michael Onofrio, left, joined with guitarist and saxophonist John Rabassa, right. Each of […]

Go and doWhat: Piano recital by Igor LovchinskyWhen: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7Where: Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St., LewistonTickets: $15 for adults, $12 for seniors $12; students 21 and younger, free. Call 689-2000 or visit www.francoamericanheritage.org Igor Lovchinsky Renowned, young pianist will perform at Franco center LEWISTON – Igor Lovchinsky, hailed as “a star […]

A largely attended meeting of the sweet corn growers of Turner was held at the town hall at Turner Center on Wednesday to consider the matter of the price they have been receiving and to plan a line of action. The expression was unanimous that the past price of thirteen dollars per ton was not […]

BRUNSWICK – The Bowdoin International Music Festival will hold its second annual competition for student composers based in the United States who are under the age of 35.A $500 prize will be awarded to the winning composer. The selected work will be premiered at the Bowdoin International Music Festival’s 2009 Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, […]

Two of the members of Sheriff Hastings’ liquor squad, Deputies Leonard and McCarthy, seized over 60 gallons of whiskey and other liquors in a strong room in the house at the rear of the Harvard pharmacy and of which one tenement is occupied by Joseph Ouellette, at about 9 o’clock last night. Ouellette was arrested, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Zak George is a big dog in the world of dog trainers. And he could soon get even bigger, thanks to a TV series that cable’s Animal Planet has in the works.Tentatively titled “Fetch Me a Beer,” the new show will invite dog owners to propose tricks that George can help […]

AUBURN – Lynda Adams always knew she could carry a tune, but didn’t pursue her passion until last year. Now, she fronts the rock band Black Rose and sings a variety of music, including country, ’30s and ’40s tunes, big band tunes, pop and rock.Black Rose will perform Saturday, Feb. 7, at Club Texas on […]